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June 24, 2026
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- Keir Starmer (pictured) announces his intention to resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- In motorsport, Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway of Toyota Racing win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- In ice hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Vegas Golden Knights to win the Stanley Cup.
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HMCS St. John's is a Halifax-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy. She was commissioned on 24 June 1996 and is the first ship named after the city of St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador. She is part of a class designed as a general-purpose warship, with a particular focus on anti-submarine warfare. Over her career, St. John's has served with NATO forces, supported operations in Afghanistan, participated in counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean, provided disaster relief after hurricanes and other emergencies, and undergone modernization to keep pace with evolving maritime threats. This photograph shows St. John's in the harbour of Gdynia, Poland, in 2007. Photograph credit: Łukasz Golowanow and Maciek Hypś; retouched by Papa Lima Whiskey and Julia W
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Vatican City's participation at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, held in Oran, Algeria, from 25 June to 6 July 2022, was as guests. It was the Vatican's first appearance in the Mediterranean Games, and its debut in any international multi-sport event. The Vatican's participation was the result of an agreement with the Italian National Olympic Committee in 2019 that formed Vatican Athletics, paving the way for possible participation in the Summer Olympics. An invitation from the organizers of the games in Oran followed the agreement with the Italians. The delegation consisted of one athlete, long-distance runner Sara Carnicelli, and two officials: Melchor Sánchez de Toca Alameda, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; and Claudio Carmosino, coach and technical director of Vatican Athletics. Runner Simone Adamoli was supposed to participate but withdrew before the Games started. Carnicelli ran in the half marathon and unofficially placed ninth. (Full article...)
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- 474 – Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate.
- 1559 – The Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan religious settlement, was introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England through the Act of Uniformity 1558.
- 1932 – A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
- 1989 – Following the Tiananmen Square massacre, the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
- 2021 – A portion of a 12-story condominium building collapsed (aftermath pictured) in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people and injuring 11 others.
- Edward de Vere (d. 1604)
- Kapiʻolani (d. 1899)
- Jasmin Moghbeli (b. 1983)
- Lionel Messi (b. 1987)
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